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Chamber works by an award-winning French composer who has also taught in America. Her music might remind you of the reflective, poetic moments in Webern or Feldman but also with her own type of dynamism.

Among many prizes, Betsy Jolas was promoted in 1985 to Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres. In 1992 she received the Maurice Ravel Prix International and was named "Personality of the Year" in France. In 1994 she was awarded the Prix SACEM for the best première performance of the year for her work "Frauenleben". She was elected to The American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1995 and made Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1997. From 1971 to 1974 Betsy Jolas replaced Olivier Messiaen at hisRead more course at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique of Paris and was appointed to the faculty in 1975. Read less